Razor



J. W. VLAZNY Feb. 21, 1928.

RAZOR Filed Oct. 6, 1926 ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 21, 1928..

. UNITED, STATES.

JOSEPH W; VLA-ZNY,

OE'CICERO', 'ILIII'NOIS, ASSIGNOR TO' UNIVZERSAE GAUGE] COR PORAELION, ACRJBORAIIIO17- OI IIJIJIIIL'IISS Application filed October My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements 1n razors and theobects of the invention are torprovide a razor in. its manufacture, to provide a razor in which the cutting edge or blade may be changed, honedor stroppedwith ease; to af ford facilities; for the. proper gripping ofa thintpieceof steel bladewithoutv any holes or notches-in the same, and'at the same time provide a gripping tdevice or clip whichwilll beout of the way for satisfactory shaving honing and stropping; to secure-the cutting; blades suflicient-ly to cut light materialsuch as hair or whiskers and at the same time af ford aneasy adjustment for the holder clip; to provide a: bumper or stop for the cutting blade and clip; to provide a small razor with means for carryingthe same on achain';1 to provide a small razor that maybe easily; carried'on asmall chain aroundthe. neck by ladies; to provide a razor that may be used for cutting other soft material-suchas leadl pencils, cloth, strings, corns, finger andtoe nails without injuring the whole razor for shavings purposes; to provide a razor such" that the very best quality of'thin steelmay be used for cutting light materials, at a very smallcost; to provide a holder for the pur- 3 pose. of holding almost all makes of safety razor blades in a position-s0 that the safety razor bladesmay be honed and stroppedinid style straighti the same manner as the 01 blade razors;

nismillustrated in the accompanying draw-j ing in whichz:

Figure 1 is a;perspective view showing the;

implement ready for, use.

handle may be variedor adjusted.

Figure 3 is. aside elevation showing the position of. the parts ready for honing or The above objects I attainbytthe mecha Figure 21s a side elevation showing how the position of the blade and. that-'of the.

's, 1926. steal in. 439,908.

Figure 6is-an enlarged cross section on the line 6"6 of Figure 1 Figure 7 isa side elevation of the.- razor close v Figuref8'isla back view ofthe holder pro er. I -66 igure 9'is a back view of'the handle. In the drawing, in which like numerals of reference indicate'like parts in all' the figures, 1.1 represent the side plates of the holder which; are spaced'apart' for the shive or spacer member '2'Tto provide bifurcated. ends '3'and5,'1th'e former being the end towhich "the handle .is attached and being apertured'as at4' t'o receivethe snap fastener; 13 ofthe carrying chain.

'Th'e'bifiircated front end 5' ofthe holder is adapted to receive the Wafer-likeblade 12 and it is provided with: beveled surfaces 6 adjacent the blade. The handle f9issecuredtorthe holder proper by means of? the rivet 7f whi'ch, it will" be observed, is offset from-the center line or axis of'the hold- 'er and the bifurcated pontions of the han- (116 are of less width than the width of the holder so as to expose the apertures 4=even when the-handle and holder are injlo'ngitu dinalfalignment; thus making it possible to"- align these'two parts. while the chain snap 13is in the holes 4; V The side plates 1 and; spacer. member? are also secured by a rivetB located near the. front end, this rivet '8 serving. as a stop for Qthe'cIip 1 1*anda1lso.-'has a stop for the handlemember' when itIis folded over the cutting edge of'the blade whenthe parts are in the pos tion shown in Figure '7, the handle having a blade protectingback 1'O'as shown; e v I The clip 11',fit will be observed, is'made of' thin sheetlmetal' of sufficient, temper to maintain its cross section and" exert a grip- I ping; pressure on" the bifurcated handle 7 end to causenthat endtogrip the blade with retainingi'fri'ction. v j I Aswill-beseen from an'inspection ofFigure 2, theblademay be projectedinore or less from the handle a'nd'b'lades' of"various sizestmay, also be employed. Furthermore by reasonof the resiliency of the bifurcated end adjacent to which the handle is pivoted and by reason ofthebifurcations of the handle-1 straddling the bifurcations 10f the. holder, the holder bifurcations will exert an outward pressure against the handle bifurcations to hold the handle with retaining cutting. blade may be adjusted, vi. e. ad-

vanced or set in any position desired Within the limits of the Walls of the holder; so

also the handle may be adjusted on its'pivot I to any of the desired angular positions within the pivotal limits of its movement. Attention is called to the fact that by my construction, a very narrow or thin holder is provided making it handier for use inmost cases than the wide and clumsy razors of this type now generally employed.

While my razor is especially adapted to hold wafer blades it is obvious thatblades of other cross sections may be employed.

The clip 11 is so formed incross section that it can be easily slipped into position as indicated in'Figure 5. Thisis done by making the back of the clip slightly wider .clip are kept smooth and polished so that than the thickness of the holder with the blade in place. With this arrangement the edge or corner of the holder may be inserted in the end of the clip and will automatically spread the clip as the 1 clip is pushed into position.

In manufacturing my device I prefer to make the holder plates 1-1 of a stiff or hard material so as to maintain a sufficient rigidity for the purpose for which the razor is designed, whilethe handle may be made of a softer materialso that it may be read ily bent into the U-form.

By my arrangement also the blade may be held in the holder during honing and stropping and by reason of the beveled edges 6 of the holder and the horseshoe shape of the clip in cross section the contact with the holder or Withthe razor strop is such as not to injure the holder or strop and as the razor is honed or stropped the entire outer surface of the blade, the adjacent bevelled surfa'cesG of the holder and the sides of the when the instrument is in use there is no danger of scratchingthe face while shavf ing for instance.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought the complete construction and the advantages-of my invention Will be clear to'those skilled in the art and I desire it understood that slight changes in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. An adjustable blade razor comprising a holder having abifurcated end to receive a waferlike blade between the bifurcations, and a holding clip fitted over-one edge of the bifurcated end to apply retaining friction pressures to the bifurcations of the holder and thereby secure the blade, the other end of said, holder being bifurcated and a handle pivoted adjacent to "said other end and itself having bifurcated portions embracing the of the razor blade to protect the same.

2. An adjustable blade razor comprising a holder having a bifurcated end to receive a "Wafer-like blade between thebifurcations,

and a holding clip fitted over one edgeof the bifurcated end to apply retaining friction pressures to the bifurcations of theholder and thereby secure the blade, said holder having a stop for the razor blade and a handle to abut.

3. An adjustable blade razor comprising a holder having a bifurcated end to receive a wafer-like blade between the'bifurcations,

and a holding clip fitted over one edge of the bifurcated end to' apply retaining frie tion pressures to the bifurcations of the" holder and thereby secure the blade, the

other end of said holder being bifurcated and a handlepivoted'adjacent to said other end and itself having bifurcated portions em-' bracingthe holder a'nd having a channelled 7 portion adapted to close over the exposed portion of the razor to protect the same, said holder having a stop for the razor blade and handle to abut.

4. A razor comprising a holder consisting of "two elongated ,thln metal plates'jand a shive between the, same to leave bifurcated ends, a bifurcated handle pivoted to the holder adjacent one end, the bifurcations of the handle and holder when the handle is in the extended position cooperating to hold the handle in its various'angular adjustments with retaining friction, and a wafer blade held in the other bifurcated end of the holder, and means to hold the holder'plates and the shive together as a unit. V V

'5. A razor comprisinga holder consisting of two elongated thin metal plates and a shive between the same to leave bifurcated ends, a bifurcated handle pivoted to the holder adjacentone end, thebifurcations of; thehandle and holder when the handleis in the extended position cooperating to hold the handle in its various angular adjustments withretaining friction, a wafer blade located in the other bifurcated end of the holder, a U-clip held with gripping friction over said other bifurcated end to guard. one

edge of the blade and applying gripping frictionthrough the holder bifurcations to,

the blade to retain the same. t

6. A razor comprising a holder consisting of two elongated thin metal plates. and a shive between the same to leave bifurcated ends, a bifurcated handle pivoted to the holder adjacentone end, the bifurcations of the handle and holder when the handle is in the extended position cooperating to hold the handle in its various angular adjustments with retaining friction, a wafer blade located in the other bifurcated end of the holder, a U-clip held with gripping friction over said other bifurcated end to guard one edge of the blade and apply gripping friction through the holder bifurcations to the blade to retain the same, a rivet securing said holder plate and said shive together and serving as a stop for said clip and as a stop for said handle when said handle is folded over to protect the exposed edge of the blade.

7. A razor comprising a holder having provision at one end for retaining a wafer blade and having its other end bifurcated,

a bifurcated handle pivoted to the holder adjacent said bifurcated end, the bifurcations of the handle and holder when the handle is in the extended position cooperating to hold the handle in its various angular ad- 7 justments with retaining friction, said holder having chain snap-fastener receiving holes longitu inal alignment for the purposes specified.

JOSEPH W. VLAZNY. 

